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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






2. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






3. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






4. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






5. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






6. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






7. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






8. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






9. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






10. Academic Language Therapy Association






11. A base word or meaningful unit in there terminology of structural linguistics.






12. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






13. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






14. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






15. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






16. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






17. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






18. Students proceed trough predictable stages of learning to reading.

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19. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






20. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






21. Open syllable






22. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






23. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






24. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






25. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






26. Test of Word Reading Efficiency. Screening test. measures an individual's ability to pronounce printed words accurately and fluently. Generates percentiles - standard scores - age equivalents - and grade equivalents.Decoding - Sight words






27. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






28. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






29. Multisensory Structured Language






30. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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31. State Board of Eduation






32. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






33. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






34. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






35. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






36. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






37. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






38. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






39. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






40. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






41. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.






42. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






43. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






44. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






45. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






46. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






47. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies

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48. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






49. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






50. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.